Pär Arvidsson

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Pär Arvidsson Personal information Full name: Pär Arvidsson Nickname(s): Pära Nationality:  Sweden Stroke(s): butterfly Date of birth: February 27, 1960 (1960-02-27) (age 48) Place of birth: Finspång, Sweden

Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games Gold Moscow 1980 100m Butterfly World Championsips (LC) Bronze 1978 Berlin 100m Butterfly European Championships (LC) Silver 1977 Jönköping 100m Butterfly Silver 1981 Split 100m Butterfly Silver 1981 Split 4x100m Medley Bronze 1977 Jönköping 200m Butterfly

Pär Arvidsson (born February 27, 1960 in Finspång) was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas.

Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times.

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• Finspångs SK

Records
Preceded by Joe Bottom	Men's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) April 11, 1980 – April 3, 1981	Succeeded by William Paulus
Awards
Preceded by Darrell Griffith Mark D. Hermann Donald J. Paige Ronald K. Perry Randy Lee Schleusener	NCAA Top Five Award Class of 1982 Par J. Arvidsson Rowdy Gaines Oliver Luck Kenneth W. Sims Lynette Woodard	Succeeded by Bruce Baumgartner John Elway Richard J. Giusto Charles F. Kiraly David R. Rimington

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 100 m butterfly 1968: Douglas Russell | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Matt Vogel | 1980: Pär Arvidsson | 1984: Michael Gross | 1988: Anthony Nesty | 1992: Pablo Morales | 1996: Denis Pankratov | 2000: Lars Frölander | 2004: Michael Phelps